GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |